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The Joe Rogan Experience is atop the Top 50 Podcasts in the U.S. list for Q2, produced by Edison Research. Crime Junkie is next. Then The Daily. Then Call Her Daddy. It’s the same top four as a year ago (Q2 2025). But there are notable exceptions. Continue Reading
Podcast database and intelligence platform Podchaser has released the June edition of its podcast ranker. Unlike other lists which deliver a snapshot leaderboard of podcast consumption, Podchaser highlights the most quickly rising new podcasts. Continue Reading
Podcast advertising agency giant Oxford Road has released its unique ranker: Top Performing International Podcasts, an evaluation and grading based on return on investment for advertisers. That crucial metric replaces the usual download-based ranking criterion of listenership. As such, the data outputs drill straight to what is most important to advertisers: ROI. Click for results. Continue Reading
Digital audio advertising company DAX has signed an exclusive deal with internet radio network idobi. The agreement puts idobi’s live audio streaming inventory into DAX’ U.S. digital audio marketplace. Continue Reading
— Meanings (Arielle Nissenblatt)
— Spotify unsurprisingly #1 (Edison Research)
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— Acquisitive (Record Industry)
— Best of the New (Podchaser)
— Back in the fray (Bose)
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— Acquisitive (Record Industry)
— Best of the New (Podchaser)
— Back in the fray (Bose)
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In a spectacular trove of podcast industry wisdom, thirteen industry experts contribute short essays in response to this question: “Is the podcast industry facing a real threat”? Continue Reading
Venerable podcast hosting service Libsyn, much in the news lately, today announces an expansion of its platform. As of today, video publishing is available across all of the company’s hosting plans. This widening of Libsyn’s standard service is a reflection of video’s importance in podcasting, and the presumption of video availability among podcasters. There’s another component to the announcement as well. Continue Reading
— Targeting teamwork (BauerMedia)
— Reclamation project IMS Biza)
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Spotify Wrapped — the annual personalized deep dive into Spotify use — has become a branding meme. We asked AI to comment, and learned that annual Wrapped-like campaigns have increased since Spotify first launched Wrapped, and gave us a three-part answer detailing direct adaptations. Continue Reading
— Is radio still viable? (Jacobs Media)
— Circular (Michael Mignano)
— At the top (Cathy Csukas)
– All the hats (Morgan Wiedmann) Continue Reading